Composer-pianist-arranger Johnny Green was born in Far Rockaway, New York. The son of musical parents, Green was accepted by Harvard at the age of 15, and entered the University in 1924. Between semesters, bandleader Guy Lombardo heard his Harvard Gold Coast Orchestra and hired him to create dance arrangements for his nationally famous orchestra...See full bio »
1968Oliver!
(choral arranger - as John Green, conductor - as John Green, music arranger - as John Green, music supervisor - as John Green, orchestrator - as John Green)
1954Brigadoon
(performer: "The Wedding Dance" - uncredited, "The Heather on the Hill" reprise - uncredited)
1954Strauss Fantasy
(short)
(performer: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", "Pizzicato Polka", "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Thunder and Lightning Polka", "Artist's Life", "Vienna Life", "High Spirits Polka", "Emperor Waltz", "Radetzky March", "Die Fledermaus-Overture")
1953Punch Trunk
(short)
(music: "I Cover the Waterfront" - uncredited)
1952Everything I Have Is Yours
(music: "Like Monday Follows Sunday", "Serenade for a New Baby", "Derry Down Dilly")
1952Hoppy-Go-Lucky
(short)
(music: "I Cover the Waterfront" - uncredited)
1951An American in Paris
(performer: "An American in Paris Ballet" - uncredited, "Third Movement from 'Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra'" 1925 - uncredited)
1947Something in the Wind
(music: "You Wanna Keep Your Baby Looking Right", "The Turntable Song", "Happy Go Lucky and Free", "It's Only Love", "Something in the Wind", "I Love a Mystery")
1938Start Cheering
(music: "Rockin' the Town" 1838 - uncredited, "We're On Our Way To College" - uncredited, "Hail, Sigma Psi" - uncredited, "Am I in Another World" 1938 - uncredited, "Love Takes a Holiday" 1938 - uncredited)
1936The First Baby
(music: "Joan of Arkansas" / as John W. Green)
1935Johnny Green & His Orchestra
(short)
(music: "Body and Soul" - uncredited, "Easy Come, Easy Go" - uncredited, "You're Mine, You!" - uncredited, "Out of Nowhere" - uncredited, "Rain, Rain, Go Away" - uncredited, "How Can I Hold You Close Enough?" - uncredited / performer: "Body and Soul" - uncredited, "A Mile a Minute" - uncredited, "Easy Come, Easy Go" - uncredited, "You're Mine, You!" - uncredited, "Out of Nowhere" - uncredited, "Rain, Rain, Go Away" - uncredited, "I Like Mountain Music" - uncredited, "How Can I Hold You Close Enough?" - uncredited, "Go Into Your Dance" - uncredited)
Works: "Night Club"; "6 Impressions" (piano and orchestra, on a Paul Whiteman commission); "Merry Wives of Windsor Overture"; "Music for Elizabeth" (piano and orchestra).
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Alternate Names:
John W. Green | John Green | Johnny Green and His Orchestra
[on Judy Garland] Could there be a better actress than Judy was? She was a real honest to God musical theater performer. Sang like an angel. A great showman. Hell of a dancer and a heart-rending actress!
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Recipient of thirteen Oscar nominations, five of which he actually won.
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